Game Shows

The show: "The Odd Couple," a presentation of Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series at the Harriet Jorgensen Theatre on the UConn campus in Storrs. First impressions: Many thousands of years ago — OK, maybe not that long ago — there was something called "the straw hat circuit" of small theaters along the seashore and in the countryside (hence the name the Westport COUNTRY Playhouse), that offered vacationers escaping from the un-air-conditioned city mostly light theater fare of familiar titles, often with TV stars or even film and theater celebs who wanted to trod the boards in shows that didn't require any heavy lifting and for...

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Brandon O'Brien, a DJ and program director for country station WUSH-FM (106.1) in Norfolk, was briefly a contender on NBC's new game show "Million Second Quiz," Monday night.
Unfortunately, though, he headed home from New York Tuesday...

Emmy Award-winning actress Marcia Wallace, who voiced the "Simpsons" role of Edna Krabappel and played wisecracking receptionist Carol Kester on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at the age of 70.
Wallace died at...

The first episode of the 39th season of “Saturday Night Live” aired a week after the Emmys and, as such, seemed to take inspiration from the homage to popular television. Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad” made

The first episode of the 39th season of “Saturday Night Live” aired a week after the Emmys and, as such, seemed to take inspiration from the homage to popular television. Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad” made

Fox got a jump on the fall season Tuesday night with two new comedies, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and the critically drubbed "Dads," both of which showed some ratings promise.
"Dads," a domestic sitcom from "Family...

The Fall Season is here, people. And though premieres will happen up and down what is still anachronistically called a dial, the season remains mainly the domain of the broadcast networks — which seem bent for the moment not on aping cable TV, as many...

The voyeur's paradise known as "Big Brother" will be back again next summer. On Thursday, CBS announced the long-running reality game show would be back next year for its 16th season.
This season's edition of "Big Brother" featured...

If ABC Family executives had known their new game show "Spell-Mageddon" would be premiering in the social media vacuum left by "Sharknado," they might have considered throwing a few piranhas into the mix. As it is, the film and the...

When "Survivor" debuted in 2000, it seemed such a dangerous and unpredictable experiment — dumping strangers into a remote locale where they would have to struggle to survive. "Lord of the Flies" came easily to mind; the prospect of...

After being ignored for most of the evening, "Days of Our Lives" won the drama series prize at the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards — the first time it had been honored in that category since 1975.
The NBC soap opera won only one other award Sunday...

After doing more than 4,000 episodes over the last half-century of his iconic daytime game show "Let's Make a Deal," Monty Hall is finally getting an Emmy Award.
"TV's Big Dealer" is receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the...

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Wednesday announced nominations for the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards, and although the list was dominated by longtime favorites “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Sesame Street,” a few newcomers, including the...

[Note: Sorry there was no recap last week; I had technical troubles, and wasn’t close to my PVR. (Lesson learned, I’m taking it everywhere with me from now on.) So, of course, a ton of things happened, including Shamar leaving the game for medical...

UPDATE (1 a.m.) at end of post with review of NFL Network's excellent post-game show and comment on Flacco profanity after game.
It was a fabulous day and night for TV football, with the Ravens winning the Super Bowl, 34-31. But little thanks for that...

Here's my vote for the best TV post-game show of the year: ESPN's Trent Dilfer and Steve Young ripping the New York Jets like I have not seen an NFL team ripped by analysts in some time.
Their commentary was so informed, passionate, fearless...

The sorry tableau of two replacement referees standing side by side in the end zone making opposite calls on a controversial play at the end of ESPN's "Monday Night Football" led to the largest audience on record for the post-game SportsCenter...

CBS has canceled "CSI: Miami" after 10 seasons, making it the first show in the "CSI" franchise to end. With the networks announcing their Fall 2012 TV schedules this week, I thought I'd create a master list of the current shows that...

Actor Pierce Brosnan has sold his Malibu beach retreat for $2.6 million.
Brosnan and his wife, environmental activist and former broadcast journalist Keely Shaye Smith, put the property on the market at $3.9 million in 2010 while building another...

FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — I've been trying to think of the term for that particular experience of entering a seemingly small space only to discover it's much larger. Until I can remember the right word for that phenomenon — if the word really exists — I've...

NBC renewed "The Office," "Parks and Recreation" and "Community" for the 2011-12 season on Thursday.It will be the third season for "Community," which stars Chicago native Danny Pudi, and a fourth for "Parks...